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Lost Christchurch - Christchurch City Libraries

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<strong>Lost</strong> <strong>Christchurch</strong><br />

Former name Origin of name Where Additional information See Source Further<br />

information<br />

Irvine Street Named after a Off Matai Street. Named to continue the theme Matai Street East Riccarton, the founding “Sydenham<br />

town in Ayrshire,<br />

of naming streets after places and Riccarton. borough: a short Borough<br />

Scotland.<br />

in Ayrshire, Scotland, from<br />

history, Canterbury’s Council”, The<br />

whence the Deans family<br />

founding settlement, p Press, 17<br />

originated.<br />

94<br />

September 1889,<br />

First appears in street<br />

directories in 1900.<br />

In July 1984 the Ministry of<br />

Works and Development<br />

announced that it would<br />

purchase Irvine Street for the<br />

<strong>Christchurch</strong> Girls' High<br />

School development. The sale<br />

price was $54,000.<br />

p 3<br />

<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong><br />

Updated July 2013 67

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